title: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
abstract: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) remains a curable lymphoma, with improved outcome resulting in large part from the incorporation of rituximab in standard regimens. The disease is heterogeneous clinically, morphologically, and molecularly. Recent insights into the molecular heterogeneity of DLBCL are beginning to yield novel therapeutics with significant promise for key subsets of patients. Although cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone chemotherapy with rituximab remains a standard therapeutic approach for most patients who have DLBCL, it is anticipated that novel agents will be included in treatment regimens for many patients in the near future.
authors.affiliation: James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 704, Room 1-4118C, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. jonathan_friedberg@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Friedberg
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003630:Daunorubicin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000069283:Rituximab; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014750:Vincristine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D058846:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; D000069283:Rituximab; D014750:Vincristine; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone; D003630:Daunorubicin